Omineca Ski Club welcomed 70 athletes from across the province for a weekend of biathlon competition on Feb. 17 and 18 when they hosted BC Cup #3. While the weather supplied a few challenges like blustery winds that affected shooting on Saturday and cold weather delay on Sunday morning, in the end the brilliant sunshine and blue skies showed off the best that 亚洲天堂 Lake can offer - even the infamous Sasquatch put in an appearance.

Players from across province recruited for elite sides

On Feb, 17 and 18 the Omineca Ski Club held the Biathlon BC Cup. It was two days of thrilling competition. Biathletes from around the province including 亚洲天堂 Lake鈥檚 own home grown talent competed. Watch for results in next week鈥檚 issue of Lakes District 亚洲天堂. (Andrea Curry photos)

This spectacular photo was taken by Michael Riis-Christianson at the Biathlon BC Cup which was held on Feb. 17 and 18 at the Omineca Ski Club. More photos on page 8

The 亚洲天堂 Lake Snowmobile Club held their annual 2018 Cold Smoke races Feb. 17, 2018. Racers competed for the big pot of $2750 in cash prizes. Although it was a cold and windy day and amount of spectators were slightly down, it didn鈥檛 stop the 24 racers who came from all over to race that day. Brian Imus won the king class, stay tuned for more results in next week鈥檚 issue of Lakes District 亚洲天堂. (Andrea Curry photos)

These enthusiastic sliding friends had a great day sliding down a hill at the Omineca Ski Club.

These two little skiers had a great day at the Omineca Ski Club during a school outing.

Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz finish 0.02 seconds behind Latvian team in Winter Olympics

Omineca Ski Club volunteers worked extra hard grooming the trails over the weekend to keep up with all the snow. (Submitted photo)

Lakes District Secondary School鈥檚 (LDSS) ski and snoboard teams competed at the Northern Zone Championships in Quesnel last week. The LDSS girls snowboard team placed first overall: 1. Teslin Pinter, 2. Nisa Hofer, 5. Avril Thom-Lucy, 10. Micah Watson, 15. Kiara Watson. Pinter was also number one overall, beating all of the boys. The LDSS boys snowboard team placed first overall: 3. Jeremy Burleson, 5. Cameron Stewart, 6. Avery Wilson, 11. Skyler Tizya-Baker, 14. Austen Goertzen and 16.